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For the Folks at home: OpenEd09

OpenEd09 was a great conference. Possibly one of the best I have been to. Sharing is very powerful. In Leigh’s circle, people have sought to develop stuff, posted it as a work in progress to find other people working on … Continue reading

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After OpenEd (1)

After conference. I am too tired to write much with any coherence, plus I do not have any decent internet access.  Lots of thoughts. Yesterday, the last of the conference, a trip to Whistler. Last night tea with Randy, Patricia … Continue reading

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Day one: finished presentation

The THEME: OK, getting our teaching resources better, more current, less stress on the teachers who do the writing, having better lives.  OER may help.  What are the questions?  Where thiungs go well, WHAT FACTORS ARE IN PLAY? Afterthoughts Used … Continue reading

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Conference, day zero

Tuesday: FINE Edited Phillipas 40min exam programme, slept in, laundry, cabbage rolls for breakfast, (Chitako is an awesome cook), bus, library, missed Randy sadly. Then off to the afternoon session with Downes and Wiley.  Two guys talking for 3.5 hours. … Continue reading

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OpenEd preconference day

Plan to meet up with Randy Fisher today.  I know what he will ask me about.  I really should shift my stuff to wikieducator and kill off akowiki.  Got some questions as well. OpenEd: already too much to think about. … Continue reading

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Open Ed Conf 4: summary

This is the final of the four posts on my topic at OpenEd 2009.  Just for the sake of completness. Here is my handout/summary. Summary Notes (Word format) An Approach to the Problems of Personalisation and Context Dependency in Open … Continue reading

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Open Ed contribution 3: it’s not all bad news

This is number three in a series.  Some of the things I may not get a chance to share at OpenEd 2009. These are some of the roadblocks put forward as real or perceived issues by teachers who expressed a … Continue reading

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OpenEd contribution 2: the minuses

This is the second post in a series.  See the previous post. (perceived ) Barriers to Sharing resources After some of the conversations, here are some jottings of perceived barriers to sharing resources. I realize there are more types of … Continue reading

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OpenED contribution 1: Introduction

I’m presenting on Wednesday at the Open Education Conference in Vancouver.  Here are a few of the things I will not get time to say. In many respects I am an amateur and a dabbler in this area of open … Continue reading

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Vancouver Day One

Terrible night last night.  Wrote a bit more of my talk when I couldn’t sleep. Today, Saturday: Time off mainly. Vancouver has a superb system to handle cyclists. http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/transport/cycling/ Johns partner Lyn has left a bike here, and complete with … Continue reading

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